About
Producer of low-budget but popular B-movies like Blacula and I Was a Teenage Werewolf, which starred a young Michael Landon.
Before Fame
He was a producer on The Hank McCune Show, the sitcom that first used a laugh track instead of a live studio audience.
Trivia
He religiously followed his credo of never spending too much for any film, and he eschewed using established stars in favor of making his own, helping Landon and Charles Bronson break out.
Family Life
He was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, the son of Russian immigrants who ran a clothing store.
Associated With
He worked as a lawyer in the 1950s, representing many on Hollywood's fringe with his best-known clients coming from Ed Wood.
